Adapted from Minerva BMJ Sept 11 2023
Melatonin is a hormone that is secreted by the pineal gland in the skull. It is also available in many foods that include cherries, olives, walnuts and goji berries.
A Japanese study evaluated the amount of dietary melatonin reports that over a 16 year period, those who had higher dietary melatonin intakes had slightly lower mortality form cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality.
American Journal of Epidemiology
My comment: We already know that cherries are beneficial for gout, that olives contain healthy fats, and that walnuts have useful Vitamin E. Here is another reason to eat them.
Exercise training for resistant hypertension
A small trial from Portugal reports that blood pressure can be reduced by a moderate intensity aerobic programme. The participants were supervised in 40 minute sessions three times a week. The systolic blood pressure dropped by 7 mm Hg and the diastolic by 5 mm Hg.
Journal of the American Association of Cardiology
Blood sugar control affects cardiovascular mortality across the whole spectrum
A follow up of 300,000 people in the UK Biobank Study shows, as we know, type two diabetes substantially increases the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and heart failure. The gradient of severity of these conditions exists on a gradient of risk from pre-diabetes to poorly controlled type two diabetes. This indicates that we should strive for normal blood sugars if we reasonably can.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology